News from January 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2021
News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - A Sherman, Texas, man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Ten Jersey City men have been charged for their roles in a pharmacy burglary conspiracy that victimized at least 40 pharmacies in northern New Jersey in a three-month span, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2021
News Release: HOUSTON - A 42-year-old former Conroe resident is set to appear in federal court on charges of sexual exploitation of children as well as distributing, receiving and possessing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - The United States Attorney’s Office announced that JAMES TASSIN, age 50, of Harvey, was charged on Jan. 25, 2021with violating the Clean Water Act in connection with an oil spill in 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A former inmate at the Federal Medical Center (FMC) Devens was sentenced today in connection with making threats against federal agents and threatening to cause an explosion at a federal courthouse.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2021
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Cuba, Missouri, man has been sentenced in federal court for methamphetamine trafficking following a high-speed police chase.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 26, 2021
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - EM workers at the Savannah River Site (SRS) recently began transferring dissolved spent nuclear fuel to a waste processing facility two years early, freeing tank space at a chemical separations facility and reducing the inventory of the fuel in a basin at the site.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 26, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) issued the following statement in response to Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) calling on President Biden to declare a climate emergency and take executive actions without Congress. Last night, on MSNBC, Schumer said, “I think it might ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Michael F. Hanley, 49, of Clearwater, Florida, who was convicted of threatening a federal employee, was sentenced to serve three years probation, to include six months home detention, by U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael J. Roemer.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 26, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee advanced the nomination of Alejandro N. Mayorkas to be Secretary of Homeland Security during a business meeting Tuesday. The nomination was reported favorably by a roll call vote of 7-4.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO -A Chicago man has been indicted on federal criminal charges for allegedly conspiring with a U.S. Postal Service employee and others to sell U.S. government checks stolen from the mail.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2021
News Release: Fargo - United States Attorney Drew Wrigley announced that U.S. District Court Chief Judge Peter D. Welte has sentenced Roger Decoteau, age 65 of Belcourt, ND, to 30 years and 5 months in federal prison for Abusive Sexual Contact, 18 USC 2244. Judge Welte also sentenced Decoteau to lifetime supervision, to register as a sexual offender, and $200 in special assessment fees.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2021
News Release: Targeted homeowners facing foreclosure with false promises that his company could modify their mortgages.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2021
News Release: Honolulu, Hawaii - Ping Hong Lee of Honolulu, Hawaii, was arraigned today before Magistrate Judge Wes R. Porter on an indictment charging conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute cocaine, possession with intent to distribute cocaine, possession of a firearm in furtherance of...
By State Newswire | Jan 26, 2021
Release: The text of the following statement was released by the G7 foreign ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America and the High Representative of the European Union.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2021
News Release: TEXARKANA, Texas - Two more individuals have pleaded guilty to conspiring to pay and receive kickbacks in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute, announced Acting United States Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2021
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On Jan. 20, 2021, a federal grand jury returned a six-count indictment charging Carlos Osorio-Pérez, Luz Damaris Pérez-Velázquez and Onyx Yerielle Olivera-Rivera in a conspiracy to obtain firearms in Florida and sell them in Puerto Rico, all without a license. Members of the conspiracy would mail firearms from Florida to Puerto Rico and send thousands of dollars from Puerto Rico to Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2021
News Release: Defendant's detention hearing is Thursday. MACON, Ga. - A Georgia resident has been charged with two counts of distribution of child pornography, said Peter D. Leary, the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. An indictment is only an allegation of criminal conduct, and the defendant...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2021
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Rebecca Wilson, 31, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to two counts of production of child pornography. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, a maximum of 30 years, and a $250,000 fine.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 26, 2021
News Release: PHOENIX - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) joined the Cactus League, its teams and spring training facilities, and state and local partners Tuesday for a virtual tabletop exercise to review pre-incident preparedness measures and response...
